Floor-tool.



CLOYDE A. MALLERNEE, OF DENNISON', OHIO.

FLOOR-TOOL.

Specification of Letters rfatent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Application filed May 10, 1916. Serial N 0. 96,651.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLoYDn A. MALLnRNnE, :1 citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dennison, in the county of Tuscarawas and State ofOhio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Floor-Tools, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to tools of that type primarily adapted forremoving floor boards for installation of electric wires, gas pipes andother work requiring the displacement or removal of such boards.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a floor toolwhich shall be simple in construction, durable in use, manufactured andsold at comparatively minimum cost, and so designed to permit of theremoval of the floor boards without damaging or marring the same.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of theabove stated character provided with a pair of spaced anchors, thespacing of the anchors forming the tool with a socket adapted to permitof a chisel or other sharp edge tools being used in connection with mydevice.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features, details of construction and combination of parts whichwill hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a series of floor boardsshowing my improved floor tool inserted therebetween and in the act ofremoving certain of said boards;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the floor tool; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, clearly illustrating the anchors.

Referring more particularly to the acpanying drawing, in which likecharacters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the severalviews, 5 denotes my floor tool generally constructed from a single pieceof tempered steel providing a flat rectangular base 6 bent angularlvalong one transverse edge thereof to provide a handle 7 stamped out at 8forming an opening for the insertion of the hand of the user to eitherconvey the tool from place to place or permanently holding the same insupported position during the use of the tool. By providing the baseportion 6 of flat formation, will greatly facilitate a firm contact ofthe underneath portion thereof upon the floor boardings when the tool isassembled for use, as better shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. It is myobject to so construct or design the tool as to permit of the same beingreadily inserted between the seams of the boards to hold the same inposition, and to this end, I provide a pair of spaced longitudinallyalined anchors 9 and 10 respectively. These anchors are formed bybending one of the longitudinal edges of the base in a downward andangular position and the space formed between the anchors is offsetinwardly to form a U-shaped tool socket 11. The purpose of such socketis to enable the use of a sharp-edged cutting tool, preferably a chisel,designated by the character 12, whereby after the anchors 9 and 10 areinserted between the seams of the. boards and inserted therebetween asuflicient depth to anchor the tool, the chisel 12 is thence placedwithin the tool socket 11 and accomplishes the displacement or removalof one of such boards, for installing electric wires, gas pipes andsimilar work. In briefly describing the operation of this invention, itis to be stated the board is first sawed from joist to joist, and thetool is used as a guard against marring one board in removing theadjacent one from its original position. Without this guard, the imprintof the chisel is customarily embedded in the board on which the chiselrests, and the device is adapted to hold the cutting tool in placewhileprying the board loose.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the advantages of construction and of the methodof operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art towhich the invention relates, and while I have described the principlesof operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understoodthat the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such thereto.

What is claimed, is: I

1. A device of the class described comprising a fiat'plate having a pairof anchors on. one edge, said anchors being spaced apart to permit thepassage of a tool between them, and a handle on said plate.

to form a space to receive a tool, and a, handle on said plate.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

CLOYDE A. MALLERNEE.

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